IN DETAIL: EDUCATION
Learning for the Future While modern curriculums like the International Baccalaureate offer learning on a project-based basis, there are certain skills that still need to be learned in order to fully benefit from this new way of educating our young people. – By Brian Cooklin
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his is a question I often get asked by prospective parents who want to make sure that it will be the best fit for their child and ensure they make the most progress.
and long division, for example – which have to be learned so that the rest of the curriculum can be fully accessed. Nothing makes sense without it and you cannot learn those fundamental skills by osmosis!
The pattern we have starts with Although we are using the the Early Years Foundation Although we are using the framework of the English curriculum from England. This framework of the English focuses on the uniqueness of National Curriculum, it is National Curriculum, it is each child, developing them not a straitjacket, so we can not a straitjacket, so we can socially and emotionally and adapt and amend to reflect building on their interests. our environment and the 40 adapt and amend to reflect We build on that foundation nationalities in the school. For our environment and the forty through the strands of the example, we will study Asian nationalities in the school. English National Curriculum explorers we well as Vasco da with its strong emphasis on Gama and look at Chinese English and maths skills as philosophers to develop well as the thematic enquiry critical thinking skills. learning projects covering a wide range of skills. Quite simply there are certain An array of skills are developed as pupils prepare skills – spelling, sentence building, multiplication for the IGCSE courses from Cambridge International
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